Re: Check whether package has substitution

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

sirgazil <address@hidden> skribis:

> $ guix package -m manifest.scm 
> would install new manifest from 'aggregate-manifest.scm' with 45 entries
> substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> The following derivations would be built:
>    /gnu/store/...-abc.drv
>    /gnu/store/...-dfg.drv
> 149.1 MB would be downloaded:
>    /gnu/store/...-mno-3.1.0
>    /gnu/store/...-xyz-0.14.2
> The following profile hooks would be built:
>    /gnu/store/...-manual-database.drv
>    /gnu/store/...-xdg-mime-database.drv
>
> Do you want to proceed? If "Yes", your machine will have to build some 
> derivations
> locally. Depending on your machine, this process can take a lot of time. If 
> "No", a 
> request will be sent to https://ci.guix.gnu.org to build the derivations for 
> you; then,
> you can try again later to see if the substitutes are available for download. 
> (Yes/No)

I think ‘guix package’ should remain non-interactive, at least by
default.

Ludo’.